A Twinkling Star..... Poem by RIC BASTASA

this early morning
between
the crowing of
the town cock and the
barking of the
brown dog in the veranda
wagging its tail
for my coming
i have seen a twinkling star
in the sky
against its gray vastness
at the backdrop of the
white wall of this
old house
i stand still for a while
and i am thinking
how loud does beauty speak
in its silence
how it stands out against
the vastness of
space and
how sometimes despite
the numbness of our
thoughts
we still are caught
in the web of its
twinkling...